If you've never heard of Gazelle, you probably still have your OG Motorola DROID as your daily driver, or you don't watch too much television. Gazelle is a company that will pay you cash for your old smartphone. Usually once a year, when the next iteration of the Apple iPhone is announced, Gazelle spends the big bucks to advertise on television.

Last Friday, when the two new iPhones launched, Gazelle made 5 offers per second from 10am to 11am EDT. That works out to 18,000 people looking to trade their phone during that one hour period alone. The average trade in the U.S. was worth $50 more this year than last year.

And when Gazelle surveyed 3000 of its customers to find out why they wanted to switch to the new iPhone models, 36% said they wanted the Apple iPhone 5s because they had an upgrade available. 16% were induced to upgrade to the iPhone 5s because of the Touch ID sensor. As for Apple iPhone 5c buyers, 29% bought the model because of the colors. An equal 29% bought the iPhone 5c due to the lower price.

My GS3 does all I need it to do. I'm waiting until next year to see what will I feel will be an excellent year for mobile tech. This year is coming to a close and two very awesome phones were launched but I just can't justify the cost because my phone works great. now the new premium line Sammy has in the pipe is awesome sounding. Gazelle is pretty cool and nifty for your average Joe. I didn't know this but I walked into a T-Mobile store the other day and they told me they would give me $85 bucks at the store for my gs3 so yeah check your options

I don't think this is accurate. I sold my GS4 to them, but it wasn't because I bought an iPhone. I bought an LG G2. Saying that the trade-ins are "Samsung for iPhone" is extremely speculative, regardless of the timing.

+1. Of course, everyone with common sense knows its highly speculative, except for those in the media. Because everything that happens in the tech world is iPhone related.

No one is taking into account any other device that has been recently released and thinking maybe people are buying those devices, just like you did. Or maybe since Apple releases a new iPhone roughly around the same time, that maybe this is around the time most people are ready for upgrades. I'm just kinda sickened by the fact that no one in the tech world is willing to admit Apple needs to step their game up! Sure, the "S" versions are meant to be incriminatory upgrades. But with heavy hitters like the LG G2, the Z1, the Lumia 1520 and the Note 3 coming out, Apple can't just give the same design for a third year in a row! The fanboys will flame , but the true fans should see my point even if they disagree. They need to show us something new!

The article even mentions how Gazelle spends extra money to market hard when a new iPhone is released. Hmmm, just maybe the extra marketing may have played a part in the increased business, rather than simply everyone ditching their phone for the iPhone? Where does the use of the term 'trade in' even stem from in this article. Gazelle is buying phones from people not trading them in for a discount on another phone.

In other news... those of us who have our favorite phones don't care about obvious bait articles such as this. Off the record comment: that site is awful and I would not undercut the profit I could get for selling a high-end smartphone.

iPhone 5s Touch ID, your finger print will be stored in your phone and Apple storage database. Your fingers print is the last resort for your life. It is not a safe place to store your fingers print inside your phone. An expert hackers already hacked and copied your fingers print from iPhone 5s some where in the World. You can change your passwords but your fingers print can't be change. My idea is don't use a phone with the finger print reader.

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